Suppose you just won the state lottery, and you have a choice between receiving $4,500,000 today or a 20-year annuity of $250,000, with the first payment coming one year from today. What rate of return is built into the annuity? Disregard taxes
A series of payments paid at regular intervals is known as an annuity. Regular savings account deposits, mortgage payments, insurance premiums, and pension payments are all examples of annuities. The periodicity of payment dates allows for the classification of annuities.
At this rate, the present value of the annuity is $4,500,000.
The present value of the first option equals the present value of the second option.